New cart coming out - Home Decor w/o an overlay and in a new box. You buy an universal overlay that works with all carts after August 2013! The overlay is weird looking in my opinion. Here is the link to Terri's FB page - https://www.facebook.com...5757225133998&type=3

Hate it! Why do they have to change everything? The way they did everything in the past was perfect, then CCR, digital and now this? Can't stand my E2, I would really like to sell it. I love my pink E, my Imagine and my Gypsy (have an original E also) and 172 cartridges. But no more for me and no CCR for me either.

I L-O-V-E it! I may not be the only one, but I suggested this to PC back when McKay Brown was still there. Hopefully, the number on the key correlates to the number of the page for those images. I know some people renumber their books with a row and column number and then mark those in their books, but I always thought all the "pre-image" pages should be numbered as a prefix and the true numbering {1-50} be the pages with the images.

If it's like that, it'll be so easy to just see the page number you image is on and press that key instead of searching the keypad trying to identify little images.

The idea of the new overlay is a good one for future cartridges. At first it didn't make sense and then I looked at the overlay. It will save a lot of space not having hundreds of overlays. I use CCR so I don't really use the overlays anyways. But I like having them just incase they discontinue CCR in the future.

But I'm not sure I'm gonna like the new boxes. they seem shorter and probably won't fit in my over the door shelf units. Not gonna worry about that right now because I'm not fond of the new cart. and won't be buying it.

I like the idea of the new universal overlay! I only have over 60 carts, but those overlays really take up a lot of space, as do the boxes. I have been trying to find a way to store my overlays and booklets, my solution so far is to pile them into photo boxes. I do not use my overlays, nor booklets much as I have the mini now, but I want to keep them handy incase I break out my E.

I am all for PC reducing their "carbon footprint" and rescoures being used to produce their products. I do not view it as them trying to gain more profit, but helping out our planet. I think of it as "regrouping" meaning they came up with a more enviromental friendly way to give their customers a product. Everytime I opened a new cart, I always thought of the poor trees that were sacrificed to create the booklet and the useless pages in other languages.

I like it. I'm always counting where the image is on the overlay anyway. This will be much quicker. Those who lost their overlay or damaged it will have a universal replacement. I will be getting one for sure.I remember this being talked about years ago on the old MB.

I'm on the fence on this one. I pack my boxes away, so the box size doesn't bother me personally. I keep them just for the few times I let someone borrow a cart from me. As far as the overlays go, since I use my G 99% of the time- I don't use them that much. But, if I don't use my G- I do like seeing the images on the overlay. So, I will keep an open mind on this until I actually buy a cart that uses the universal overlay. Of course then I will be unhappy because I haven't purchased one!

I love the idea. Less silicone for them to use, less for me to store. I rarely use the overlays because I use Gypsy. And if I do use the overlay (when the cart is so new, it hasn't been added to Gypsy) the little characters are so hard to see (old eyes). Even with glasses, I still need to refer to the handbook for the layer I'm looking for, the overlay doesn't necessarily have it. I like the numbering system.

I like the idea of a universal overlay. I wondered why they didn't do this a long time ago. And if the new boxes are smaller, I'm all for that too. I like to keep mine in their boxes and they take up a lot of room.

LOVE the new overlay... my poor eyes can't distinguish the images on the old overlays, I am always picking them up and squinting at them, then putting a removable dot sticker on the key I need to use. I am hoping that the new overlay will be readable by those of us spending 100's of $$$ on eyeglasses every year in an attempt to see the world.

The new boxes, not so much. I love the new cart, and will probably buy it, so I'll reserve judgement until I actually get a box to try out.

Is there any reason this couldn't also work with older cartridges? I have Sesame Street Friends with no overlay. I called PC who told me they don't sell replacements anymore. If I number the handbook pages, couldn't this work or am I crazy?

Is there any reason this couldn't also work with older cartridges? I have Sesame Street Friends with no overlay. I called PC who told me they don't sell replacements anymore. If I number the handbook pages, couldn't this work or am I crazy?

it would work just fine with your old carts When I'm using a shape cart that has a font I grab a font over lay to know easily where the letters are. or if i'm using a lot of cartridges I will just grab a single over lay and count how many images over or whatever.

How ever I don't like this idea because I will constantly be thinking I'm missing an over lay when I put stuff away.

I love it! I could never tell anything about those silly overlays. Even on CCR, I hate that they label the key by the first, non-shift image. If I want to use another feature, I have to count up and over.

I'm not sure how I feel about having to purchase an overlay separately, though. I have 6 machines currently and have had 9 total since I started buying Cricuts. I think they could give me one if my machines are going to need it. I'll probably just take a Sharpie and make one myself.

Is there any reason this couldn't also work with older cartridges? I have Sesame Street Friends with no overlay. I called PC who told me they don't sell replacements anymore. If I number the handbook pages, couldn't this work or am I crazy?

Yeppers! All of my handbooks have the image pages re-numbered and I have one overlay that I made a paper cover for with the keys numbered 1-50. I'll be glad to get a silicone overlay with the numbers so I don't have to keep sticking the paper onto the regular overlay.

Of course, this is assuming this is the way the new universal overlay works.

I think I will like it. The numbers look so much easier to see/read than the images do on the overlays. The "newer" handbooks have a pic marked showing where the key is on the overlay for that image, so most of the time I count down and over anyway.

I like the new cart too. I can see me doing lots of vinyl with that cart!

I like the idea of the new universal overlay! I only have over 60 carts, but those overlays really take up a lot of space, as do the boxes. I have been trying to find a way to store my overlays and booklets, my solution so far is to pile them into photo boxes. I do not use my overlays, nor booklets much as I have the mini now, but I want to keep them handy incase I break out my E.

I am all for PC reducing their "carbon footprint" and rescoures being used to produce their products. I do not view it as them trying to gain more profit, but helping out our planet. I think of it as "regrouping" meaning they came up with a more enviromental friendly way to give their customers a product. Everytime I opened a new cart, I always thought of the poor trees that were sacrificed to create the booklet and the useless pages in other languages.

I love it! I could never tell anything about those silly overlays. Even on CCR, I hate that they label the key by the first, non-shift image. If I want to use another feature, I have to count up and over.

I'm not sure how I feel about having to purchase an overlay separately, though. I have 6 machines currently and have had 9 total since I started buying Cricuts. I think they could give me one if my machines are going to need it. I'll probably just take a Sharpie and make one myself.

After buying 9 machines..is a $3 universal overlay really gonna break your pocket book?? And I say this with kind hearted love ...you're a cricut addict and you will probably end up buying a couple of them.

Ya know..I've been thinking about this today..and got thinking that I might not have gotten so stressed using it in the past if the universal overlay was what they had come out with originally. I found the overlays to be confusing cause of all the different options one key had and figuring out the imagine that went with each key when layering. So I never mastered using the machine and overlays. I fell in love with CCR the first time I tried it.

I will probably pick up a new overlay when I order a newly released cartridge..just to have it on hand. I like being prepared just incase the discontinue CCR.

Looks fine to me. I just wished they had came out with it in the begining so all my books would already have the numbers on them. Live and learn though. lol I think it will make using the cricut manually easier. Just think how easy and fast it will be to find the correct key. $3.00 will not break the bank either to buy it.

I think it's very interesting.. a fairly good idea. I don't use the overlays because I am a die-hard Design Studio user. But since they aren't doing content updates to it any longer, I will be FORCED to use the overlays or use CCR for future new cartridges. Guess I will need to learn how to use the overlays (which were always a bit confusing to me anyway) and I might as well learn on the new one. I just craft several places that don't have internet so I'll need to learn it.

As for the new box shape... if they aren't putting the overlays in anymore, guess the bigger box isn't needed. Maybe the booklets will be more square than rectangle to fit in the new box?? Hmmm....

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